Inside the Hongshi Intelligent Industrial Park in Dinghu District, the production lines at Guangdong Hongshi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Hongshi Intelligent) operate with efficient, modern automation. Supported by a cluster of upstream and downstream suppliers, high-quality smart cameras steadily roll off the production line for global distribution.
Unlike traditional manufacturing companies, every camera produced here is a smart terminal connected to the cloud. Each intelligent alert and every data analysis generates new value in digital trade. As a key city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Zhaoqing is seizing opportunities from new foreign trade formats, actively entering the digital services export track and accelerating the cultivation of new pillars for foreign trade growth. Hongshi Intelligent, a national high-tech enterprise based in Zhaoqing, has taken the lead in delivering results.
Shift from hardware to digital services
Hongshi Intelligent has shifted its export focus from hardware products to cross-border digital services, such as token consumption and algorithm reasoning. This transition has significantly boosted its foreign trade and injected new momentum into Zhaoqing's efforts to develop the computing economy, unlock the value of data elements, and foster new digital service export formats. Leveraging its self-built AIoT cloud platform, device connectivity capabilities, and a massive global user base, the company focuses on four key cross-border digital service segments: AI-powered smart alerts based on large models and visual algorithms, cloud storage services, 4G IoT connectivity services, and value-added services related to its mobile app.
Today, the smart cameras produced by Hongshi Intelligent are no longer passive recording devices; they have evolved into smart terminals that can proactively identify risks and serve users in real-time. When global users access AI functions through the company's cameras, mobile apps, or cloud platform, it involves the generation, transmission, and processing of tokens. Currently, the company provides nearly 190 billion tokens of computing power services monthly, serving over 96 million users worldwide. In 2025, Hongshi Intelligent's cross-border digital service revenue surpassed $20 million, with computing power services and token exports becoming new growth engines for the company's foreign trade.
Zhaoqing currently hosts 30 companies in the robotics industry chain and has built 10 data centers with a total computing power of 86P. The city's AI development is built on a solid industrial foundation and computing power support. The emergence of innovative companies like Hongshi Intelligent and Huirui Big Data, which are among the first to achieve computing power and token exports, fully demonstrates Zhaoqing's vast potential in the digital trade and AI computing service sectors.
Strategic location and industrial ecosystem
"Choosing to establish ourselves in Zhaoqing was a pragmatic decision based on advantages in production costs and the business environment," said Chen Shaoneng, General Manager of Hongshi Intelligent. Compared to other cities, Zhaoqing offers significant advantages in land costs, which is crucial for a company that needs to build a smart industrial park and deploy a full production line. Controllable land costs allow the company to allocate more capital to innovative R&D and deepen its digital services, achieving high-quality development.
Since settling in Zhaoqing, Hongshi Intelligent has attracted several upstream and downstream partner companies from Shenzhen to set up operations in Dinghu, creating a closed-loop industrial ecosystem where "upstairs and downstairs equals upstream and downstream." This has solidified the quality foundation of its products. This virtuous cycle of industrial development provides a vivid corporate model for Zhaoqing to promote digital service exports, cultivate new computing power foreign trade formats, and explore the synergistic export of manufacturing capabilities and digital services.
Looking ahead, Zhaoqing plans to focus on embedding itself into the AI industry chain through targeted "small cuts." It will leverage its advantages in industries like "New Three-Sector and One Electronics," strengthen scenario-based AI investment attraction, and precisely cultivate specialized and innovative enterprises in niche segments and key links. The city will also further enhance its computing power infrastructure to provide solid support for AI development, promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, the growth of emerging industries, and the forward-looking layout of future industries.
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